Gay Place: BESTNESS

It's Best of Austin week and gay Austin is deep in it

Indulge us, please, as we namecheck our Gay Place Krewe, one of our favorite bests about Austin. Rob Cohen, Andy Campbell, Brandon Watson, Liz Williams, and our ally (and Bobcat) Jordan Gass-Porré have made this crazy special issue season (the stretch between Back to School and Best of Austin) so much more pleasant than it could have been. Keep up with them on the Gay Place blog, and stay tuned for news about holiday fun. Your friendly neighborhood Gay Place luvs you.

ON OUR GAYDAR

PFLAG SOUTH MONTHLY MEETING Family is nice; allied family is love. PFLAG represents the best of our community. Second Thursdays, 6:30-9pm. Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E. Oltorf, 444-1314. Free.

VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM With a title like that, run, don't walk ... or more accurately: Fly, little bats, fly! to this wacky off-Broadway trek across 2,000 years of blaaaaad! Ve vant to suck it! Through Nov. 17. Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30pm; Sundays, 8pm. City Theatre, 3823-D Airport, 524-2870. $10.www.citytheatreaustin.org.

THE GIFTS OF BEING QUEER Music, storytelling, auction, community. Come out for OutYouth and SoulForce. Hear it from the heart and flirt with the Capital City Men's Chorus – all of 'em. Sat., Nov. 10, 7-10pm. Conjunctured, 1309 E. Seventh, 612/217-0371. $9-25, youth and presale discounts available.haven@soulforce.org, giftsofbeingqueer.eventbrite.com.

MIKE BURNS LIVE Oooh, this SoCal transplant's almost as purrdy as his voice. Sat., Nov. 10, 8pm. One 2 One Bar, 1509 S. Lamar, 473-0121. $5.

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